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' UNITED STATESv FREDERICK E. HUMMEL AND JOHN NOE'JIH, 0F CHICAGO, ILLIOIS.'

BREAD 'IOASTEB.

Application tiled February 4, 1924. Serial No. 690,580.

To all whom it may conce-rn.'

` Beit known that we, FREDERICK E. HUM- MEL and JOHN J. NOETH, citizens of the United States, residing at ChIpago, in the county of Cook and State of llinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bread Toasters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toasting devices especially adapted for restaurant use.

Briefly stated, an important object of this invention is to provide an electric toaster having simple means whereby a plurality of slices ofbread may be advanced to positions between a number of heating elements and automatically moved to discharge position at the end of a predetermined period. Y

A further object is to provide a toaster of the character speciiied wherein the heating elements are energized at practically the .same time the bread is moved to heating position and are deenergized upon the completion of' the toasting period.

A further object is to provide a toaster of the character specified in which the handling area or zone is remote from the toasting zone or area so thatl the operator is not likely to be burned.

A further object is to provide simple means entirely within the control of the operator for regulating the toasting period.

A further object is to provide a toaster which is neat. in appearance, of highly simpliied construction, and cheap `to -Inanufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description. M

In the accompanying drawings forming a part'of this application and in which like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective of the improved toaster, l

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the same,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view rtaken on line 3-3 ofFig. 2,

Fig. 4 is an end view, the end plate being removed'to illustrate the setting and timing mechanism, the parts being shown in the position they occupy prior to the movement of the brea-d to the toasting zone or compartment, l

Fig. 5 is an end view with the cover or endv plate lremoved to illustrate the positions occupied by the parts while the bread is being toasted,

Fig. 6 is a detail longitudinal sectional view taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken on Fig. 8` is a diagram,

Fig. 9 is a view of a regulator for controlling the toasting period.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a casing having a front wall 6, end walls 7, a frontal table 8, and' warming cabinet 9, the said cabinet being provided with a front door 10 by means o'f which the toast may be inserted and removed. However, the cabinet 9 is for warming purposes only and is provided with isin-glass panels 11 so that the contents of the cabinet may be viewed. l

Attention is invited to Fig. 1 which illustrates that the frontal table 8 is provided with a plurality of slots or openings 12 by means of which the individual slices of bread may be mounted upon carriages 14.

'It will be seenthat the' several bread supports 14 are mounted upon a carriage 15v having rollers 16l movable on a track `17 Fig. 2 illustrates the carriage 15 in its loading and unloading positions and it may be moved to the right inFig. 2'to` position the slices. between a plurality of" heating elements 18. q

The carriage may be moved to its loading or unloading position b v cranks 20 connectedto a cross lrod 21 and having their lower portions pivoted as indicated at 22 to a pair of links23. It will be seen that when the rod 21 isqturned the cranks 20, of which there are two,- `are. operated for moving the. carriage 15 either to its load-ing or heating position. Atthis point it might be stated that each bread support is provided with upstanding,l sides consisting of wire 24 or other suitable means for holding the bread on edge.

Attention is directed to Fig. 4 which illustrates that the rod 21 has rigid connection with a carriage operating 'lever v26 and-the carriage operatingl 'lever is provided with a moved in a counter-clockwise direction the -llO carriage is moved to the bread toasting position. The lever 26 is swungin a counterclockwise direction by a laterally projecting roller 29 on the upper end of an arm 30 pivotally supported at its lower end as indicated at 31. When thearm 30 is swung to the right the laterally )projecting roller 29 will engage the lever 26 and thereby-swingV the same in a counter-clockwise direction Vfor moving the bread to the toasting position.

The lever operatingr arm 30 is as illustrated in Fig. 5 engaged by a laterally projecting roller 33 of a weight lifting lever 34. When the weight lifting lever 34 is swung in a counter-clockwise direction 'the roller 33 on the same will engage the adjacent edge of the arm 30 and thereby swing the arm to the right for operating the carriage shiftin lever 26. During the upward movement o? the lever 34 the carriage operating lever 26 is swung over a spring actuated dog 37 slidable in a housing or casing 38.

The spring actuated dog 37 locks thecarriage operating lever 26 in the position illustrated in Fig. 5 and owing to the irregular or` cam-like ed e of the arm 30 the roller 29 will move the lever 26 over the dog 37 before the lev'er 34 reaches the limit of its upwardjmovement. A spring 39 connected to the arm 30 swings the arm 30 to the position illustrated in 5. To regulate the movement of the arm 30 the intermediate portion of the same is provided with a cam 40 having an adjusting screw 41 by meansv of which they position of the cam maybe varied. The position of the cam 40'with relation to the roller 33 which engages the same controlsthe movement of the carriage` with respect to the timing of the other parts.

The main setting lever is designated by the numeral 43 and is connected for swinging movement as indicated at 45 to an ear 46. The outer' end of the lever 43 is provided with av handle which may be de` pressed to swing the inner end of the lever upwardly' into engagement with the later- .ally projecting roller 33 so as to swing the lever 34 to the position illustrated in Fig. 5. It is thus seen that the roller 33 is not only engaged by.- the arm 30, but isalso engaged by 'the upper edge of the'. main manually operated lever 43.

In the operation of the parts thus far described, the handle of the level; 43 yis manually depressed for swinging the weight liftring lever 34-from the position illustrated in Fig. 4 to the position illustrated in Fig.

v 5 and theroller 33 will engage the cam-like edge of thev arm 30 for swinging the roller.

\29 of the sameinto engagement with the .carriage operating lever 26 and this will operate the cranks 20 for swinging the carriage to the position illustrated in full lines in Fig. 3 to the bread toasting position between the heating elements. lVhenthe carriage operating lever 26 is swung in a counter-clockwise direction it is held as illustrated in Fig. 5 in a set position by the spring actuated pawl 37 over which it travels during its movement to the position illustrated in Fig. 5.

Now, the upward movement of the lever 34 is accompanied by an upward movement of alink 5() connected to the end of the same and having its lower end portion provided with a notched projection for the receptionof a pin 51 on the lower end of an ear 52 carried by a vertically` movable weight 53. Vith reference toV Fig. 4 it will be seen that the upward movement of the lever 34 will move the wei ht 53 upwardly@ so that la rack 55 on the orward edge of the same will be engaged with a pinion 56 on one end of a shaft 57. Fig.. 7 illustrates that the shaft 57 forms a part of an escapement or timing mechanism arranged within a housing 3 and provided with a governor 59. The turning of thepinion 56 incident to theI movement of the weight turns a wheel 60, the edge of which or the periphery of which is formed with teeth for engaging laterally projecting pins 61 on the governor shaft 62.

When the weight 53 has been moved to its uppermost position its descent is retarded by the timing and governing mechanisms.

However, when the weight 53 finally descends the pin 51 of the same will engage the releasing member 58 rigidly connected to the spring actuated pawl u37 and movable through a slot inthe casing 38. This will cause the releasing member 58 to dea pin 2 on the upper end A'of the link and connected at its other 'end to the lever 34. When the weight 53 is in 4its lower position as illustrated in Fig. 4 it -engages the offset-end of a'switch operating lever 65 connected for swinging movement as indicated at 66 to a standard pr support Y67 "and having one end connected to the carrier of a pluralityof movable contacts 68. The contacts 68 of the carrier 69 Aare held in an elevated position when the carriage is in its loading and unloading position and consequently they are held out of engagement with the relatively fixed contacts 70, This breaks the circuit and consequently the heating elements 72 are energized only during that time when the bread is in toasting position. lVhen the weight is elevated by the means4 previously described a spring 74 connected to' the lever 65 swings the lever upwardly so as to complete the circuit through the heating elements.A` When the weight 53 descends it engages the oifset end of the switch operating lever 65 land breaks the circuit by separating the contacts 68 and 70, the specific construction of which forms no part of this invention.

It mi ,ht be stated that the movable carrier 69 is provided with a pair of guides 75 having sliding connection with rods or other guide members .76 mounted within the'casing.

The wiring diagram is illustrated in Fig. 8 and it will be seen that each heatingelement is provided with a separate switch having a control member 81 arranged eX- teriorly of the casing `d forming means whereby any number of heatingl elements may be energized when the bread is moved to toasting-position. One line of the source of current is connected to the upper series of contacts 84 and the other lines are connected to the contacts of the switch so that any number of heating elements may be cut out when desired.

The extent to which the weight lifting lever 34 may be elevated is regulated by a stop pin on the lower end of a rack 91 and the rack is engaged with agear 92 on the end of a shaft 93. The gear 92 has connection with a wing nut 94, the stem of which is movable through an arcuate slot 95 in a dial 96 inthe front wall of the casing. The pin 90 is in the path of travel of the lever 34 and limits the upward movement of the same. Therefore, it will be seen that by varying t-he position of the pin 90 the extent to which the lever 34 may be moved upwardly may be varied. lVhen the pin 90 has been properlypositioned the wing nut 94 is tightened so that the pin is held in a set position. f

Should it be desired to instantly stop the machine it is merely necessary to push inwardly on the knob on one end of a link 101, the inner end of the linkhaving connection with a releasing member 102 having connection as illustrated in Fig. 3 with the pinion 56 which engages the rack on the weight. By thus releasingr the pinion 5G from engagement with the rack 55 the weight is allowed to instantly drop-and stop the machine. the circuit through the heating elements is broken and the bread is moved to its discharge position.

In carrying out the invention a tray 105 is slidable in the lower portion of the machine .beneath the several Aheating elements llVhen the machine is stopped andl receives crumbs which drop from the i Isection as indicated at 106 so that any crumbs which drop on the same will slide off freely and into the tray.

Having thus described the invent-iomwhat is claimed is:

1. A bread toasting machine comprising a casing, a horizontally movable carriage slidable within said casing, a carriage operating lever having connection with the carriage, and a manually operated lever associated with said first named lever and having means for swinging the carriage operating lever to operating position.

2. A bread toasting machine comprisingI a casing, a horizontally movable carriage slidable within said casing, a carriage operating lever having connection with the carriage, a manually operated lever'associated with said first named lever and having means for swinging the carriage operating lever to operating position, and means whereby to hold the carriage operating lever in a set position.

3. A toaster comprising a horizontally movable carriage, links connected to the ends of the carriage, an operating shaft having cranks Aconnected to the links to simultaneously operate the same, a main lever connected to the shaft, and an arm having means to`-l engage said lever to swing the same to operative position.

4. A toaster comprising a horizontally movable carriage, links connected to the carriage, an operating shaft having cranks connected to the links to simultaneously operate the same, a main lever connected to the shaft, an arm having mea-ns to engage said lever to swing the same to operative position, and a spring actuated dog for holding t-he lever in a set position.

5. A toaster comprising a movable carriage, links connected tothe carriage, an operating shaft having separate cranks connected to the links to simultaneously operate the same, a main lever connected to the shaft, an arm having means to engage said lever to swing the same-to operative position, a spring actuated dog for holding the lever in a set position7 and weight operated means for releasing the dog from engagement with said lever.

6. A toaster comprising a carriage, means for movably supporting the carriage, va carriage operating lever having connection with the carriage, a spring actuated dog for engaging the lever-to hold the same in a set. position, a pivoted arm having means to swing said lever to operative position,- a second leverhaving means engaging said arm to swing the arm into eng-agement with said first-named lever, said arm being provided `with a cam surface for engagement by said horizontally lil() second-named lever, anda manually con.-`

trolled operating member having connections with said second-named lever.

7. A machine of the character specified comprising a carriage, an operating lever having con'nection with the carriage, means to hold the lever in a set position, a spring actuated arm having a roller to engage said lever to swing the same to operative position, a second lever having a roller to engage said spring actuated arm, and a manually operativev setting member yengaging said roller l and adapted for swinging the second-named lever to operative position.

8. A machine of the character specified comprising a carriage, an operating lever having connection with the carriage, means to hold the lever in a set position, a spring actuated arm having a roller to engage said lever to swing the same to operative position, a second lever having a roller to engage said spring actuated arm, a manually operative setting member engaging said roller and v adapted for swinging the second-named lever to operative position, -a timing weight, and means connected to said second-named lever for operating said weight.

. 9. A machine of the character specified comprising a carriage, an operating lever havingl connection with the carriage, means -to hold the lever in a set position, a spring actuated -arm having a roller to engage said lever to swmg the same to operative position, a second lever havlng a roller to engage said spring actuated arm, a manually operative setting member engaging said roller and adapted lor swinging the secondnamed lever to operative position, a timing weight, and means connected to, said secondnamed lever for operating said weight, saidl weight being providedwith means to release said first-named lever.

10. A machine of'the character specified comprising 'a carriage, an operating lever having connection with thel carriage, means to hold the lever in a set position, a spring actuated arm having a roller to engage said lever to swing the same to operative position, a.v second lever` having a roller to engage said spring actuated arm, a manually operative setting member engaging -said roller and adapted for swinging the tion, a second lever having a roller to engage said spring actuated-arm, a manually operative setting member engaging said roller and adapted for swinging the second-named lever to operative position, a timing weight, means connected to said second-named lever for operating saidweight, said weight being provided with means to release said firstnamed lever, a timing mechanism operated by said weight, and adjustable means to.

limit the upward movement of the weight.

12. A machine of the character specied comprising a carriage, an operating lever having connection with the carriage, means to hold the lever in a set position, a spring actuated arm having a roller to engage said lever to swing the same to operative position, a second lever having a roller t'o engage said spring actuated arm, a manually operative setting member engaging said roller and adapted for swinging the secondnamed lever to operative position, a timing weight, means connected to said secondnamed lever for operating said weight, said weight being provided with means to release said first-named lever, a timing mechanism operated by said weight, adjustable means to limit the upward movement of the weight, and a switch operated by said weight.

13. A machine of thecharacter specified comprising a carriage, an operating lever having connection with the' carriage, meansy to hold the lever in a set position, a spring actuated arm having a roller to engage said lever to swing the same to operative Aposition, a second lever having a roller to engage said spring actuated arm, a manually operative setting member engaging said roller and adapted for swinging the secondnamed lever to operative position, a timing weight, means connected to said secondnamed lever for operating said weight, said weight being provided with means to release said first-named lever, a timing mechanism A'operated by said weight, adjustable means to limit the upward movement of the weight, a switch operated by said weight, and a plurality of heating elements having connection with said switch.

14. A toaster comprising a switch controlling lever, a' weight adapted to engage the lever to hold the same in inoperative position, said weightbeing provided with a rack, a governor mechanism having a pinion vengaged with said rack to retard the descent of the weight, and a setting lever having connection with the weight.

`15. A toaster comprising a switch controlling lever, a weight adapted to engage the lever to hold the same in inoperative position, said weight being provided with a rack, a governor mechanism having a pinion engaged with said rack to retard the descent of the weight, a setting lever having connection with the weight, and a carriage operated by said setting lever.

161A toaster comprising a carriage `for the weight to instantly move out-.of engagesupporting a plurality of slices of bread, ment'with the timing mechanism.

means for operating the carriage, a timing i. In testimony Whereon we aiixbur signa-V 10 weight having a rack, a timing mechanism tures.

5 having a pinion engaging the rack, and a releasing member having means to release FREDERICK E. HUMMEL. the pinion from the rack whereby to allow JOHN J. NOETH. 

